I Just Want To Be a Salted Fish Quietly

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Lin Xian said bitterly: I really just want to be a salted fish quietly.

System: No, you can’t!

System: Congratulations to the host for obtaining the VIP privilege gift package and gaining the skill, 【Driving a Ferrari with one hand】…

Congratulations to the host for obtaining props, 【Absolute focus】…

Congratulations to the host for obtaining props, 【Consumption Rebate Critical Card】…

With the help of the system, Lin Xian found that he seemed to be on the path to becoming an Almighty Male God, getting farther and farther…

Notes:
– Salted Fish – a term used to refer to a person who has no intention of doing anything or person who wants to live a carefree life.
– Male God – Prince Charming / Mister Right

Associated Names
One entry per line
I Just Want to be a Shenhao Quietly
我只想安静的做个咸鱼
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Register For This Site rated it
July 23, 2021
Status: c445
I love this novel.

Daily interaction with lovers and friends. School life. Spending Money. Sleeping with girlfriend.

No struggles, just easy way of living.

I love it also that the MC is not a virg*n beta.

Spoiler

The Harem here isn't small but isn't exaggeratedly large also.

Only 8 confirmed and potential harem altogether as of chapter 445.


Because the harem isn't large, you will still remember, appreciate and differentiate each Harem.
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Current Harem. As of chapter 93 445:

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Yan Xiaoman - The Official Girlfriend; confirmed harem

Zhang Mengyao - The Big b**bs; Mutual Understanding Confirmed Harem

Ling Youyou - The Loli; she has a crush on MC Confirmed Harem

Zhuang Tong - THE BEST GIRL; confirmed harem

Nie Qingqing - Zhuang Tong's Bestfriend; Confirmed Harem

Ling Yiyi - Ling Youyou's mother / 2nd BEST GIRL; Confirmed Harem

Qin Shi - Seductive School Professor; Already likes the MC

Mu Wanqing - School Senior Sister; Mutual Understanding

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And even though he has more than one girlfriend 'he is not a scum' and is very open about it.

Spoiler

He told Yan Xiaoman that he has a lover other than her but she didn't believe. Lol

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I think the only thing I didn't like about this is that MC has a super high standard in girls, he likes his girls to have a beauty value of 90 or higher, anything lower is just a dirt in his eyes.

Spoiler

Theres a character I like and her beauty is not 90 : (

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tempetahu0
tempetahu0 rated it
September 14, 2021
Status: c300
likeable MC, rational world (no face slapping left and right, no 2nd rich generation growing like a chinese cabbage, romance pretty sweet without much machismo)

MC stay true with his character from the start, even with system he doesn't change much (just his appetite got bigger) there's no "I'm the protagonist! I'm special! Watch me I will rule the world and all woman will gladly licking my feet!" ret*rdness.

sure there's harem, but with his assets if he stays with 1 woman it will be unrealistic, and at least he's honest... more>> about it.

i have low expectation with romance in chinese novel, but it's pretty refreshing and fun in this story. <<less
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Fluffums
Fluffums rated it
November 17, 2021
Status: c56
I wanted to like this story - the protagonist and the female lead are cute together, he seems like a decent person, etc - but aside from the story being wish fulfillment at its finest, there's one major problem with it:

The protagonist (and author too) are extremely superficial when it comes to judging women. He doesn't even bother talking to women with less than 80/100 facial beauty, and doesn't even consider spending time with them if they're not over 90. The author occasionally spouts sexist comments like "of course, women... more>> are worse at driving than men" and it reads like a pickup artist's guide to getting a harem (the first step is being rich, so don't expect it to be useful).

Add to that the fact that the protagonist just gets whatever he wants, knows whatever he needs to know ahead of time, all without trying... It's basically the plot, flow, and characters you'd expect from an erot*c novel, without the payoff of erot*c scenes, so there's no real value in reading it. <<less
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unlucky
unlucky rated it
June 18, 2022
Status: c100
This story is probably the perfect encapsulation of the Chinese nouveau rich mentality, the constant fixation about brand names, price and being so public about spending money is clearly a fetish for the author of this story.

The romance isn't even that good, a big part of it relies on the girls being moved about the MC spending so much money, as they see it, on gifts to them.

now here is a little trivia for you, gifts have meaning in one of two ways either in having a special meaning to... more>> the person you are giving the gift to or in being a big portion of your wealth or income. This is why the traditional rule of thumb for a wedding ring was a couple months worth of your salary, because it represented how much you cared. However the MC always displays that whatever he purchases is nothing much to him and he only buying things because they are expensive and flashy so there is very little in the way of sentimentality to most if not all of his gifts, which kinda paints all the girls of the harem as gold diggers one way or another.

another thing that happened early on that kinda threw me for a loop was the MC buying gifts for his parents and the thing that he immediately went to was telling them how much it costed, maybe this is a chinese gift giving custom that I don't get but generally its seen as extremely rude to tell the person you are giving a gift to how much it costed. I am legit wondering here if this is a real chinese custom or if the author has not given a gift to anyone in so long that they forgot this very basic rule.

also a funny anecdote that happened later on that exemplified this novel for me
Spoiler

one girl that is probably gonna be a harem member is from an actually rich family and when discussing cars with the MC told him if you are gonna spend money anyway you could have spent X amount more to get a car that would run better and be more awesome to drive and race with and the MC's response was something like yeah but I just wanted to spend money on a Ferrari

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I am not sure if the author intentionally made that interaction the way it looked to me but either way it was a perfect encapsulation of how much of a ret*rded nouveau rich the MC is acting up until the point where I dropped the novel. <<less
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MyRAMEN
MyRAMEN rated it
September 10, 2021
Status: c3
Had high hopes for this when I saw 3 5 star revs together with the synopsis which described a story I'll probably be pretty interested in... NOPE. Other than the horrible story start and bad elements, the writing quality was subpar... I really just got clickbaited...
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Vilandren
Vilandren rated it
December 18, 2022
Status: c121
I love it! It's wish fulfillment, yes, but it's a rather refreshing take on Chinese romance as the MC is neither a complete douchebag nor a simp. There's no face-slapping in general, side characters arn't ret*rded in order to make the MC look good... just a comfy harem romance novel to waste some time on, highly recommend.
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somerandomreadingenthusiast
somerandomreadingenthusiast rated it
April 15, 2022
Status: c100
Pretty repetitive plot, Although the reviews aren't exactly wrong as they don't mention much about the repetitive plot, it gets boring pretty quickly, there is a harem, and there are a few annoying conversations.

3/5
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Sololvl0
Sololvl0 rated it
August 11, 2021
Status: c21
So far it's really good. The first relationship is a bit too fast, but the ML is not a beta ML which is really good. From the spoilers it seems the harem is perfect size and good. The ML's personality is also really good, realistic and not a pe*verted beta MC. Hope for Faster Translations
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promet
promet rated it
March 24, 2023
Status: c672
UPDATE:

chapters until 300-400: 4 to 5 stars

chapters 400-600: 3.5 stars

... more>> chapters after 600: first 3 stars, and then steadily descending to 2 stars and counting

A while ago (like somewhere around ch 500-600 maybe), the author has mentioned various IRL problems (this was when Covid kicked in), so he said that he hired ghostwriter (s) to write for him. And the story was still good for some 50-200 chapters (roughly, I don't remember).

Unfortunately, the ghostwriter (s) clearly changed after that because the "author" in 600s clearly lacks the original author's understanding of women and relationships with women. The original great vibe of the novel is gone, and the MC is slowly gravitating toward being a simp (sucking up to women) when he used to be a chad (he's a mix of two right now, which is quite jarring).

Also, originally, the MC was like: my harem must have unique chicks, I have one lover who is a pretty vase (beauty without substance) and it's enough. But recently, new chicks are being introduced who are just that, empty vases, and he still gets attracted to them and does things to get closer to them. Which is a total bullsh*t because the MC at the start of the novel didn't chase chicks, he let them chase him or just let things develop on their own. Which was much more like a chad that he was in the first 400-500 chapters.

The protagonist is starting to selfishly do more and more things that bring others inconvenience just because he has money, so others will let him. This is in line with his original personality of fixing problems with money when possible, but the change in his attitude is worrying. What is worse, however, is that around chapter 670 there are face-slapping elements emerging in the novel; there already were some (when MC acted selfishly and slapped others with money, pretty much), but now the "author" isn't even hiding them anymore. Which is sad because this novel originally didn't have anything of the sort, and it was quite chill and pleasant.

Btw, e-sports have made a big appearance in the novel somewhere after chapter 350, and it's boring AF (unless you're into it, then you will perhaps enjoy it). Anyway, I hate it, and it is also affecting MC's relationships slowly. Personally, I only skimmed through chapters that had that BS and skipped all details.

Also, the way MC treats the main girl has changed recently. For the worse

Spoiler

previously he was much more honest with her and spent more time with her; now he's not because he's spending more time on random chicks that don't matter and bullsh*t things like esports company or something

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Long story short, save for a few improvements, the story has been going downhill for a good 200-300 chapters now. Overall, it's understandable that the author couldn't keep writing given the sh*t that was going on in his country (especially since it has only worsened since then), but this also killed this novel. This novel is now a zombie in my eyes, and I don't plan to ever read any further. It probably will only get worse. I suggest everyone stops reading at

Spoiler

I don't remember the exact chapter numbers, probably around 550-600, but just stop reading after MC returns from Sweden and goes to France, that's when the novel started focusing on boring new chicks, while the change in MC's personality started to become very clear.

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Btw, there are more chapters (around 1100) on mtlnation, but it needs you to register there (pain in the neck).

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ORIGINAL REVIEW (at 335 chapters) :

An excellent novel, similar to Gao Fushuai Villain but with a chill MC, without unsatisfyingly short chapters with slow progress, and with a protagonist (and thus author) who understands women better.

So for those who haven't read the other novel, let me explain: it's basically about a chill dude who got a system, and therefore can leisurely enjoy life of a rich dude while picking up girls (though it's more of chicks chasing him, and he gives them a nudge sometimes) in an alternative-world China. The plot isn't very fast, with some of the initial chapters being a bit boring, but the novel takes off at the end of the first 100 chapters. There is some nice comedic undertone regularly too.

The harem isn't anything special, but it's not cardboard 2d personalities. The first two love interests are actually perhaps the least interesting. Read the spoiler at your own discretion:

Spoiler

The first two girls, high school classmates, are a bit boring and annoying coz they're a bit of a spoiled princess type slash arrogant school flower type. However, the professional lil' three (lover), the legal loli, and the milf are quite good, and I really like how the author set up the last one. A big pity I couldn't read how it developed further due to no TL.

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Anyway, even those less interesting love interests are relatively likable. What I love the most is that MC isn't a simp, and that the author really nailed what you need to be a player like him: decent appearance, sense of humor, good game (MC is teasing love interests a lot, not being afraid of angering them, which pretty much is what I believe to be the best way to satisfy female desire for drama), monies, confidence, charisma, self-improvement (there's "cheating" involved due to the system, but MC is regularly working to develop and improve new skills) and mystery that gives him (they don't know all he's capable of), good physical condition (narrator explicitly states that the MC is working out in order not to collapse in bed haha), and so on. The protagonist also lets the girls come to him instead of actively pursuing them, which also is the better option. This is much better than some random loser or beta getting girls with no/little effort and despite having no qualities to merit it, and is much better than the protagonist of Gao Fushuai Villain who relies on his looks all the time. Anyway, this is my favorite chill harem protagonist.

There is no male character with prominent presence other than MC so far, but there is a big number of male secondary characters. Also, it's nice that we have the parents of the love interests appear, and that the protagonist is meeting and interacting with them. EDIT: MC will have 1-2 male friends later, and I don't mean his classmates. They still remain very much secondary characters, though.

The only sad thing is that the translation is slow. There is relatively good MTL on readwn, but for some reason it ends at chapter 335, and hasn't been updated in the last 2-3 years. Other MTL is more or less garbage and doesn't have many more chapters, anyway. I can't be bothered to MTL "manually" using raws, so I stop reading for now. But if it weren't for this, I would happily continue reading.

Very good, very recommended for everyone who likes modern setting harem with limited supernatural element (system). <<less
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